Malabsorption due to other causes

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Coding system
SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
Coding system release
40.2.0
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/malabsorption-due-to-other-causes
Version ID
7e45b98c
Number of codes included
64

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    Created: 12 Aug 2025 at 12:21

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Description

This codelist identifies malabsorption syndromes. It is designed for the purpose of the vitamin D study (indications for vit. D testing/ prescribing) and therefore focused on the malabsorption of lipids.

To be used correctly and cover all potential causes of malabsorption, this codelist should be used alongside the following codelists: Coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Pancreatic Insufficiency, Malabsorption due to gastrointestinal surgery.

Methodology

Search term: malabsorption

Inclusion criteria for codes: Inclusion of all codes causing chronic malabsorption, including acquired and congenital, as well as generalised malabsorption and malabsorption specific to lipids.

Exclusion criteria for codes: Codes referring to malabsorption of other specific substances which are not lipids (e.g. folate, protein). Codes which may refer to transient malabsorption (e.g. tropical spruce, post-infective). This is because the codelist is to be used to identify codes recorded at any point in someone's life BEFORE vitamin D testing or prescription.

References

Signed off by

  • Arina Tamborska, (July 21, 2025)
  • Andrew Brown, (Aug. 18, 2025)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

code term
1197667008 Secondary bile acid malabsorption
1197730009 Microscopic enteritis
1217373008 Diaphragmatic hernia, short bowel, asplenia syndrome
1220591004 Pediatric collagenous gastritis
155841000 Malabsorption
155844008 Post-surgical malabsorption
190645001 Adult osteomalacia due to malabsorption
197476001 Intestinal malabsorption
197482003 (Other postsurgical nonabsorption) or (postsurgical malabsorption - other)
197488004 Other intestinal malabsorption
197489007 (Chronic steatorrhoea) or (malabsorption due to intolerance to fat)
197494007 Intestinal malabsorption of fat
197496009 (Intolerance NEC: [fat] or [food] or [milk]) or (malabsorption NOS: [syndrome] or [other gastrointestinal tract])
197497000 Intestinal malabsorption NOS
197570005 [X]Other intestinal malabsorption
203434006 Post-surgical malabsorption osteoporosis
203446005 Pathological fracture co-occurrent and due to post-surgical malabsorption osteoporosis
22892000 AIDS with intestinal malabsorption
235716009 Malabsorption syndrome NOS
235722000 Primary malabsorption of infancy
235724004 Acquired short bowel syndrome
235728001 Autoimmune enteropathy
235729009 Congenital microvillous atrophy
235730004 Familial absence of villi
235733002 Postprocedural pancreatic steatorrhea
24412005 Congenital secretory diarrhea, chloride type
253791005 Congenital blind loop syndrome
26629001 Short bowel syndrome
266479008 Post-surgical malabsorption - other
266480006 Post-surgical malabsorption
266482003 Other gastrointestinal tract malabsorption NOS
27868004 Chronic steatorrhea
302920007 Pancreatic malabsorption
303062005 Malabsorption due to intolerance to fat
32230006 Malabsorption syndrome
420321004 Intestinal malabsorption with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
44332000 Bile acid malabsorption syndrome
450541000000109 [X]Other intestinal malabsorption
53156005 Postcholecystectomy diarrhea
54576000 Pancreatic steatorrhea
54883000 Postoperative blind loop syndrome
59285001 Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type II
606751000000107 Other intestinal malabsorption
606761000000105 Intestinal malabsorption NOS
61738006 Non-gluten sensitive enteropathy syndrome
650171000000105 Malabsorption syndrome NOS
651451000000102 Other gastrointestinal tract malabsorption NOS
671761000000109 Post-surgical malabsorption - other
69478001 Pancreatic colipase deficiency
711499009 Collagenous gastritis
713505000 Gastrointestinal malabsorption syndrome co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
715201005 Congenital short bowel syndrome
717186009 Intestinal malabsorption due to bile acid synthesis defect
722288007 Autoimmune enteropathy and endocrinopathy with susceptibility to chronic infection syndrome
722392003 Congenital malabsorptive diarrhea due to paucity of enteroendocrine cells
724276006 X-linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy syndrome
735618008 Osteoporosis due to malabsorption
77147000 Malabsorption in the elderly
77225009 Blind loop syndrome
78625002 Hyperparathyroidism due to intestinal malabsorption
78960005 Pancreatic triacylglycerol lipase deficiency
86941000 Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type I
89454001 Shwachman syndrome
91465007 Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type III

This page shows the search terms that were used to build the codelist. Concepts that match the search terms, but which were excluded, are in faint grey.

malabsorption

Included 64 out of 148 matching concepts.

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  • (Chronic steatorrhoea) or (malabsorption due to intolerance to fat) (197489007)
  • (Intestinal malabsorption NOS) or (tropical sprue) (266547002)
  • (Intestinal malabsorption NOS) or (tropical sprue) (155846005)
  • (Intolerance NEC: [fat] or [food] or [milk]) or (malabsorption NOS: [syndrome] or [other gastrointestinal tract]) (197496009)
  • (Other disaccharide intolerance) or (malabsorption of disaccharide NEC) (190756006)
  • (Other postsurgical nonabsorption) or (postsurgical malabsorption - other) (197482003)
  • AIDS with intestinal malabsorption (22892000)
  • Acquired fructose intolerance (413427002)
  • Acquired monosaccharide malabsorption (52070001)
  • Acquired short bowel syndrome (235724004)
  • Adult form of celiac disease (91867008)
  • Adult osteomalacia due to malabsorption (190645001)
  • Alstrom syndrome (63702009)
  • Autoimmune enteropathy (235728001)
  • Autoimmune enteropathy and endocrinopathy with susceptibility to chronic infection syndrome (722288007)
  • Autosomal semi-dominant severe lipodystrophic laminopathy (1197747005)
  • Avian malabsorption syndrome (54174007)
  • Bile acid malabsorption syndrome (44332000)
  • Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type I (86941000)
  • Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type II (59285001)
  • Bile acid malabsorption syndrome type III (91465007)
  • Blind loop syndrome (77225009)
  • Celiac crisis (396330006)
  • Celiac disease (396331005)
  • Celiac disease with diffuse intestinal ulceration (61715008)
  • Celiac disease with epilepsy and cerebral calcification syndrome (722386009)
  • Chemically-induced malabsorption (235723005)
  • Chronic steatorrhea (27868004)
  • Collagenous gastritis (711499009)
  • Complement hyperactivation, angiopathic thrombosis, protein losing enteropathy syndrome (1279887007)
  • Congenital blind loop syndrome (253791005)
  • Congenital chronic diarrhea with protein-losing enteropathy (773579007)
  • Congenital defect of folate absorption (62578003)
  • Congenital folate malabsorption anemia (191146005)
  • Congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption (27943000)
  • Congenital lactase deficiency (5388008)
  • Congenital malabsorptive diarrhea due to paucity of enteroendocrine cells (722392003)
  • Congenital microvillous atrophy (235729009)
  • Congenital monosaccharide malabsorption (450849003)
  • Congenital secretory diarrhea, chloride type (24412005)
  • Congenital short bowel syndrome (715201005)
  • Deficiency of coagulation factor due to vitamin K malabsorption (1148929009)
  • Deficiency of coagulation factor due to vitamin K malabsorption in obstructive biliary disease (1148930004)
  • Diaphragmatic hernia, short bowel, asplenia syndrome (1217373008)
  • Diarrhea caused by alcohol intake (82047000)
  • Disturbance of sulphur-bearing amino acid metabolism: [NOS] or [methionine malabsorption syndrome] (190712006)
  • Drug-induced malabsorption (308907001)
  • Duodenitis caused by Tropheryma whipplei (733148009)
  • Familial absence of villi (235730004)
  • Familial methionine malabsorption (45812003)
  • Folate deficiency anemia due to malabsorption (191149003)
  • Gastrointestinal malabsorption syndrome co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection (713505000)
  • Glucose galactose malabsorption (803481000000105)
  • Glucose-galactose malabsorption (190749000)
  • Glucose: [intolerance] or [malabsorption] (190752008)
  • Hereditary acrodermatitis enteropathica (37702000)
  • Hyperparathyroidism due to intestinal malabsorption (78625002)
  • Injection site malabsorption (95387005)
  • Insulin resistance (763325000)
  • Insulin resistance - type A (237651005)
  • Insulin resistance - type B (237652003)
  • Intestinal disaccharidase deficiency (22169002)
  • Intestinal enteropeptidase deficiency (56661000)
  • Intestinal malabsorption (197476001)
  • Intestinal malabsorption NOS (606761000000105)
  • Intestinal malabsorption NOS (197497000)
  • Intestinal malabsorption due to bile acid synthesis defect (717186009)
  • Intestinal malabsorption of carbohydrate (197491004)
  • Intestinal malabsorption of fat (197494007)
  • Intestinal malabsorption of protein (197490003)
  • Intestinal malabsorption with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (420321004)
  • Intrauterine growth restriction, short stature, early adult-onset diabetes syndrome (1197592001)
  • Isolated familial intestinal hypomagnesemia (24754009)
  • Lactose intolerance (267425008)
  • Lactose intolerance (190757002)
  • Lactose: [intolerance] or [malabsorption] (190750000)
  • Leprechaunism syndrome (111307005)
  • Malabsorption (155841000)
  • Malabsorption - iron (197495008)
  • Malabsorption caused by drug (36261000)
  • Malabsorption caused by infective agent (235725003)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to carbohydrate (235720008)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to cow milk protein (804161000000109)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to cow's milk protein (197492006)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to fat (303062005)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to protein (302921006)
  • Malabsorption due to intolerance to soy protein (197493001)
  • Malabsorption in the elderly (77147000)
  • Malabsorption of disaccharide NEC (669681000000104)
  • Malabsorption of disaccharide NEC (237974007)
  • Malabsorption of glucose (267426009)
  • Malabsorption syndrome (32230006)
  • Malabsorption syndrome NOS (650171000000105)
  • Malabsorption syndrome NOS (235716009)
  • Malabsorption syndrome due to acquired intolerance to fructose (785704008)
  • Malabsorption syndrome due to intolerance to lactose (785696007)
  • Megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B>12< malabsorption with proteinuria (26333003)
  • Methionine malabsorption syndrome (237932002)
  • Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, insulin resistance syndrome (1220596009)
  • Microscopic enteritis (1197730009)
  • Neonatal malabsorption co-occurrent and due to gastrointestinal hormone-secreting endocrine tumor (735718000)
  • Neuro - Whipple's disease (230194002)
  • Non-gluten sensitive enteropathy syndrome (61738006)
  • Nonpersistence of intestinal lactase (38032004)
  • Osteoporosis due to malabsorption (735618008)
  • Other gastrointestinal tract malabsorption NOS (266482003)
  • Other gastrointestinal tract malabsorption NOS (651451000000102)
  • Other intestinal malabsorption (197488004)
  • Other intestinal malabsorption (606751000000107)
  • Pancreatic colipase deficiency (69478001)
  • Pancreatic malabsorption (302920007)
  • Pancreatic steatorrhea (54576000)
  • Pancreatic triacylglycerol lipase deficiency (78960005)
  • Pathological fracture co-occurrent and due to post-surgical malabsorption osteoporosis (203446005)
  • Pediatric collagenous gastritis (1220591004)
  • Perilipin 1 related familial partial lipodystrophy (783616005)
  • Post-infective malabsorption (235727006)
  • Post-surgical malabsorption (155844008)
  • Post-surgical malabsorption (266480006)
  • Post-surgical malabsorption - other (671761000000109)
  • Post-surgical malabsorption - other (266479008)
  • Post-surgical malabsorption osteoporosis (203434006)
  • Postcholecystectomy diarrhea (53156005)
  • Postoperative blind loop syndrome (54883000)
  • Postprocedural intestinal steatorrhea (235732007)
  • Postprocedural pancreatic steatorrhea (235733002)
  • Postprocedural steatorrhea (235731000)
  • Primary malabsorption of infancy (235722000)
  • Protein losing enteropathy due to and following cardiac procedure (880001008)
  • Protein malabsorption (328313007)
  • Protein-losing enteropathy (66972006)
  • Refractory celiac disease (770593004)
  • Secondary bile acid malabsorption (1197667008)
  • Selective malabsorption of cyanocobalamin (234363001)
  • Seronegative arthritis secondary to Whipple's disease (201517005)
  • Short bowel syndrome (26629001)
  • Shwachman syndrome (89454001)
  • Sprue (81704009)
  • Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (78373000)
  • Tropical sprue (47384003)
  • Tryptophan malabsorption syndrome (855171000000105)
  • Tryptophan malabsorption syndrome (59531002)
  • Unclassified sprue (359653006)
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to malabsorption with proteinuria (191142007)
  • Whipple's disease (41545003)
  • X-linked immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy syndrome (724276006)
  • [X]Other intestinal malabsorption (197570005)
  • [X]Other intestinal malabsorption (450541000000109)